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dine with a deficit of it that said old age. dying with aen, -- definition of old age creates ever since then, we have called it something. if you live past the mid 80's, we do not put you on a ventilator. it cost society a tremendous amount, but the key is getting people to taking action today that would help them tomorrow. 19% of kids in high school today smoked tobacco. they are portending for themselves a bad outcome, and they do not get it yet. how do you get a 20-year-old to change something 30 years from now? do it now, and it will help you 30 years from now. they would look at you like you were crazy. let me go out on a limb. i started this conversation by talking about obamacare, and yet it occurs to me as i sit here and talk to you and listen to you is that the real way to solve our health care problem in america is not to get sick in the first place, because the system is just not designed -- well, let me be frank about it. it is designed to make money, and the system is designed to make money when you get sick. at le
dine with a deficit of it that said old age. dying with aen, -- definition of old age creates ever since then, we have called it something. if you live past the mid 80's, we do not put you on a ventilator. it cost society a tremendous amount, but the key is getting people to taking action today that would help them tomorrow. 19% of kids in high school today smoked tobacco. they are portending for themselves a bad outcome, and they do not get it yet. how do you get a 20-year-old to change...
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today we're gonna talk about the most controversial medical issue of our time, attention deficit disorder,
today we're gonna talk about the most controversial medical issue of our time, attention deficit disorder,
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government accountability office says it will increase the deficit $6.2 trillion. if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. let's not go there. insure the uninsured. no. the ceo says the 75 million will still be uninsured. finally, brenda. we talked about approval. forget all that. the american public doesn't want it. 92% want to change this or appeal it. we have a law that has absolutely no benefits the public doesn't want. we are living with it. i can't understand it. >> well, david, maybe you can help us understand it. why do you think 50% of the uninsured want no part of this? >> well, it's a toll that's based on news they may hear or stories they may hear. to the extent some of those stories are misleading. you have julie bunstra from michigan who did an ad for a congressman running for the senate saying her premiums were going up. it turns out her premium on the affordable care act exchange went to 357 from $1,100 from before or benny in spokane in the state of the union response lamenting how she is now paying a premium of $700,000. guess what, we c
government accountability office says it will increase the deficit $6.2 trillion. if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. let's not go there. insure the uninsured. no. the ceo says the 75 million will still be uninsured. finally, brenda. we talked about approval. forget all that. the american public doesn't want it. 92% want to change this or appeal it. we have a law that has absolutely no benefits the public doesn't want. we are living with it. i can't understand it. >> well,...
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and results in a very large balance of payments deficit. these have to be fixed. they are fixable. that is the first order of business. >> imf headlines? >> this is from the u.s. treasury, announcing their assistance plans, the $1 billion loan guarantee is planned and they plan to send technical advisers to the ukraine, saying the treasury will be at the center of international aid and the plan will live to the russian tree move. >> would you presume that the imf is speaking with russia? ofis there a lack communication there? >> certainly, they are members and are represented at the executive board my and executive director. i am sure that there is communication. but the important point here is the technical analysis of what is needed to put ukrainian economic policy in a sustainable and positive mode. then to arrange the financing necessary to make the implementation practical. you so much.k greatly appreciate that from our washington news bureau this morning. really talking about the clamps that have to be placed down in the process. >> w
and results in a very large balance of payments deficit. these have to be fixed. they are fixable. that is the first order of business. >> imf headlines? >> this is from the u.s. treasury, announcing their assistance plans, the $1 billion loan guarantee is planned and they plan to send technical advisers to the ukraine, saying the treasury will be at the center of international aid and the plan will live to the russian tree move. >> would you presume that the imf is speaking...
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will this legislation put us further into the deficit? >> no, not at all. in fact, this bill, unlike the senate version which, you know there was a lot of discussion over the senate version, this bill is actually 100% paid for, and, generates about $165 million, according to the cbo, of revenue over five years. so it pays for itself. it is not a tax because it, it pays for itself only for those within the national flood insurance program. so if you're not in a flood zone and you don't have flood insurance, this doesn't affect you. but if you are in the flood insurance program and your primary residence you will pay a user fee to pay in the program of $25 a year. very reasonable. that will pay for the program. gerri: i got it tell you, 200 million over five years? that doesn't do anything over4 billion in debt the program is already n how will we pay that off? >> well it is still better than nothing. had we done nothing, there wouldn't be 165 million toward that debt. that is number one. second thing that number is not completely accurate. people don't tell
will this legislation put us further into the deficit? >> no, not at all. in fact, this bill, unlike the senate version which, you know there was a lot of discussion over the senate version, this bill is actually 100% paid for, and, generates about $165 million, according to the cbo, of revenue over five years. so it pays for itself. it is not a tax because it, it pays for itself only for those within the national flood insurance program. so if you're not in a flood zone and you don't...
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the is nothing moral about running up huge deficits about out of control welfare bills. we do not do with these problems, the whole country will be poorer. we should listen to the former arch bishop of canterbury. he said the churches should be aware of the dangers of blindly defending a gargantuan welfare budget that every serious alliteration would cut as a matter of economic common sense. i think serious politicians have to engage in it and that should go for everybody. i join my honorable friend's and congratulate the team on their brilliant performance at the winter olympics. as immediate threat of flood passes, some levels are still underwater and hundreds of businesses and farms are still struggling to recover. the committee on climate change, the u.k. statistical authority have all said the government investment in flood defenses -- in the likes of this, does the prime minister think it is right to revisit the plan for investment in flood defense? >> we will look carefully at the plans. we have set out spending figures all the way out through 2020, not all of whi
the is nothing moral about running up huge deficits about out of control welfare bills. we do not do with these problems, the whole country will be poorer. we should listen to the former arch bishop of canterbury. he said the churches should be aware of the dangers of blindly defending a gargantuan welfare budget that every serious alliteration would cut as a matter of economic common sense. i think serious politicians have to engage in it and that should go for everybody. i join my honorable...
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is change the culture of the city as a whole so that we instead of seeing elderly new yorkers as a deficit, as a problem to be solved. instead we say the world is fundamentally a changing place, we're living longer, were living healthier and older new yorkers now are here in numbers that have surpassed anything in history. >> sreenivasan: one key ingredient to the initiative is listening to seniors, according to ruth finkelstein of the new york academy of medicine. she leads the initiatives private sector efforts. >> everything we do is grounded in the perspectives and voices of older adults. the first thing that they have to realize is we don't stand in the shoes of the people that were addressing and that we need first and foremost to understand the city through their perspective. >> sreenivasan: the program is now up and running in all five boroughs, including manhattan, where we met up with ed and sarah aarons. they cant imagine living anywhere but here. >> and i can't conceive of having the facilities and conveniences and the excitement as other places. >> the only two places he would
is change the culture of the city as a whole so that we instead of seeing elderly new yorkers as a deficit, as a problem to be solved. instead we say the world is fundamentally a changing place, we're living longer, were living healthier and older new yorkers now are here in numbers that have surpassed anything in history. >> sreenivasan: one key ingredient to the initiative is listening to seniors, according to ruth finkelstein of the new york academy of medicine. she leads the...
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we know they are against deficits and this or that program. they are against obamacare. what are they for? >> as you pointed out at the beginning, congressman camp held hearings all over the country. he's listened to a lot of people. much of what he's done here is the product of what came out of those hearings. i believe there is broad political support in the country for going in this direction. so the republicans should take advantage of that. >> thank you all. when we come back, the pentagon proposing to slash the army to pre-world war ii levels. what it means for our influence abroad next. [ female announcer ] as you get older, protein is an important rt of staying active and strong. ensureigh protein... fifty percent of your daily value of protein. low fat and five grams of sugars. [ major nutrition ] ensure. nutrin charge! starts with freshly-made pasta, and 100% real cheddar cheese. but what makes stouffer's mac n' cheese best of all. that moment you enjoy it at home. stouffer's. made with care for you or your family. legs, for crossing. feet...splashing. better t
we know they are against deficits and this or that program. they are against obamacare. what are they for? >> as you pointed out at the beginning, congressman camp held hearings all over the country. he's listened to a lot of people. much of what he's done here is the product of what came out of those hearings. i believe there is broad political support in the country for going in this direction. so the republicans should take advantage of that. >> thank you all. when we come back,...
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at its as a disaster, and we can't afford it as taxpayers because it's going to completely shoot the deficit higher and higher and higher. >> craig, thank you very much. again, regardless of whether folks at home agree or disagree with craig, the fact of the mary is to pin this on republican governor weather are not going along when it's at least a dozen democratic state governors who are having trouble getting is along, think masks reality. >>> as crisis turns to chaos over there how would america's mayor deal with it over here? rudy giuliani is next. predicting the future is a pretty difficult thing to do. but, manufacturing in the united states means advanced technology. we learned that technology allows us to be craft oriented. no one's losing their job. there's no beer robot that has suddenly chased them out. the technology is actually creating new jobs. siemens designed and built the right tools and resources to get the job done. afghanistan, in 2009. orbiting the moon in 1971. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation.
at its as a disaster, and we can't afford it as taxpayers because it's going to completely shoot the deficit higher and higher and higher. >> craig, thank you very much. again, regardless of whether folks at home agree or disagree with craig, the fact of the mary is to pin this on republican governor weather are not going along when it's at least a dozen democratic state governors who are having trouble getting is along, think masks reality. >>> as crisis turns to chaos over...
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what is their plan for the deficit? nothing. what is their plan for reform? nothing. that is what i'm in change requires. long-term investments like high-speed rail and nuclear power and fixing our economy. that is what this government is doing. all he does is get up and deliver a lot of hot air. >> can i ask my friend with a public concern at work on whether he can get advice on the whistleblowing work? say whether he could bring together recommendations and how to stop people being persecuted and others. >> i'm grateful for my friend's question. the public interest disclosure act protects most workers from being unfairly dismissed by their employers when they have blown the whistle. we have strengthened protections. especially in large organizations. i am very happy to make sure that he discusses with the relevant government ministers any further steps been taken in this direction. >> does the prime minister get the depth of the hurt among victims' families and the deep sense of public outrage across the country as a result of the outcome of the downey case? he need
what is their plan for the deficit? nothing. what is their plan for reform? nothing. that is what i'm in change requires. long-term investments like high-speed rail and nuclear power and fixing our economy. that is what this government is doing. all he does is get up and deliver a lot of hot air. >> can i ask my friend with a public concern at work on whether he can get advice on the whistleblowing work? say whether he could bring together recommendations and how to stop people being...
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too much inflation, runaway deficits, political instability, i think argentina and venezuela are headed to a chaotic political environment that is going to affect brazil and chile. as a geopolitical matter, the united states and it's relationships with south america are at risk. the oil problem is a big one. if venezuela should really go essentially belly up, that is going to--that could raise oil prices for a while to $5 to $10 a barrel. >> first of all, brazil one of the countries we've talked about for several years now as being on an economic growth terror, that's not the case. it's growth has slowed and it will grow a little less or about the same as the united states in 2014. it will start to have an impact on the world. there is a real domino affect if latin america becomes a problem. what is the effect to the rest of us? >> it's probably pretty contained. i think argentina, the reason why we're concerned about brazil is we think argentina is really going to go down. in its economy, and in its politics. and argentina buys a lot from brazil and chile, so both of those countries ar
too much inflation, runaway deficits, political instability, i think argentina and venezuela are headed to a chaotic political environment that is going to affect brazil and chile. as a geopolitical matter, the united states and it's relationships with south america are at risk. the oil problem is a big one. if venezuela should really go essentially belly up, that is going to--that could raise oil prices for a while to $5 to $10 a barrel. >> first of all, brazil one of the countries we've...
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pushing its biggest annual loss since the bailout in 2008. 15 billion-dollar deficit for last year. he calls rbs the industry's least trusted leader, does the ceo. >> the bank. the largest bailout in europe. still owns the vast majority of the bank and is still pulling the strings. >> by the way, wire pros playing in the olympics? >> that is what the nhl is asking -- the players love it. >> the players love it and flagwavers love it, i am not fair -- sure it is fair to college athletes. >> we need to go to the ukraine. we spoke with the new leadership to read good morning. >> good morning. his name is arseniy yatsenyuk, the prime minister designate. inis about it -- to be voted as the interim prime minister of the country for the next few months. parliament is still chewing over this decision. >> how front and center is crimea to the management in kiev? >> very front and center. i was standing in the parliament here in kiev. meanwhile, in the crimea, the parliament had just been seized by a group of about 100 gunmen. i asked the prime minister about that and he said it is the first
pushing its biggest annual loss since the bailout in 2008. 15 billion-dollar deficit for last year. he calls rbs the industry's least trusted leader, does the ceo. >> the bank. the largest bailout in europe. still owns the vast majority of the bank and is still pulling the strings. >> by the way, wire pros playing in the olympics? >> that is what the nhl is asking -- the players love it. >> the players love it and flagwavers love it, i am not fair -- sure it is fair to...
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he's going to turn away from deficit reduction, go to government spending. he doesn't call it stimulus, spending but instead calls it investment. infrastructure, highway repair issues will create jobs and help obviously in terms of rebuilding the country. the president in the blue state of minnesota rather than going to red states, more republican states where health care may be unpopular. interesting. bill clinton as you know was in kentucky trying to help out alison grimes, a democratic senate candidate trying to take the seat currently held by republican mitch mcconnell. when senate majority leader harry reid was pressed on why president obama isn't going out to red states, he had an interesting answer. >> we have one president that's been going every place and that's clinton. he's traveling around campaigning for everybody doing a great job. >> there you have the top senate democrat suggesting the former president may be a better asset right now than the current president. bottom line, though, of course, we'll see president obama, current president, rais
he's going to turn away from deficit reduction, go to government spending. he doesn't call it stimulus, spending but instead calls it investment. infrastructure, highway repair issues will create jobs and help obviously in terms of rebuilding the country. the president in the blue state of minnesota rather than going to red states, more republican states where health care may be unpopular. interesting. bill clinton as you know was in kentucky trying to help out alison grimes, a democratic...
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. >> this is most seriously the biggest deficit of our lives since the cold war ended. >> pressure is on the mid-west to do something. >> this will get worse before it gets better. >> you got to believe it's over. >> we have to be in this for the long haul. >> it's now unclear just what the west can do about it. >> john kerry arrived in ukraine tomorrow. >> putin is not going to back off this without some real effort to make a verdict. >> a full blown cold war like showdown. >> we dropped 20 degrees since midnight. >> the cold war chess game in the ukraine continues today. by a look at it, we are a long way from check mate. they have seized the crimea union with 6,000 ground and naval forces in the region. the tensions worsened when ukraine's acting president accused russia of executing the military standoff and blocking ukrainian navy vessels. ukraine's new government claims russia issued an ultimatum for forces to surrender within an hour or face an armed assault. russia denies these assaults. the state department said today if they are true, it represents a dangerous turn of events
. >> this is most seriously the biggest deficit of our lives since the cold war ended. >> pressure is on the mid-west to do something. >> this will get worse before it gets better. >> you got to believe it's over. >> we have to be in this for the long haul. >> it's now unclear just what the west can do about it. >> john kerry arrived in ukraine tomorrow. >> putin is not going to back off this without some real effort to make a verdict. >> a...
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>>> the federal deficit plunged by more than $400 in the last fiscal deficit. the sharpest drop since the end of world war ii. alison kosik is in new york to tell us why this happened. >> the federal budget deficit is at its lowest level in five years. the deficit is the difference between what the government spends and takes in. that dropped to $680 billion in 2013. to give you some perspective, during the financial crisis, it shot up above $1 trill in 2009 as the economy tanked and government bailouts became the norm. here is why it is happening. the economy is getting better over the last few years. the deficit has been shrinking. also, we are paying higher taxes. all that means more revenue for the government. the government has cut back on spending. the republicans, they still insist that the budget deficit is still too large. if they are looking for a fight, they may not get it. congress agreed to a bipartisan budget deal. mid-term elections are coming in the fall. a strengthening economy is removing much of the budgetary brinkmanship we have been sufferi
>>> the federal deficit plunged by more than $400 in the last fiscal deficit. the sharpest drop since the end of world war ii. alison kosik is in new york to tell us why this happened. >> the federal budget deficit is at its lowest level in five years. the deficit is the difference between what the government spends and takes in. that dropped to $680 billion in 2013. to give you some perspective, during the financial crisis, it shot up above $1 trill in 2009 as the economy tanked...
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he also underscores a pressure has faded to launch bold, new attacks on federal deficits. the president's fiscal blueprint expected to include proposals to upgrade aging highways and railroads, finance more prekindergarten programs and enhanced job training. the white house said it would also enlarge the current income tax credit to cover 13.5 million low aren't workers without children, expand the childcare tax credit for some parents, and make it easier for workers to contribute to individual retirement accounts. >> president obama will talk about his budget proposal to an elementary school here in washington, d.c. we'll bring you his remarks live at 11:30 eastern on our companion network c-span and we invite you to weigh in on your thoughts on the president's proposal at facebook and twitter using #cspanchat. later the white house budget office will hold a briefing with budget director sylvia mathews burwell and policy advisers. live at 12:45 p.m. eastern also on c-span. here on c-span2 we will go live to the heritage foundation for discussion of the future of ukraine.
he also underscores a pressure has faded to launch bold, new attacks on federal deficits. the president's fiscal blueprint expected to include proposals to upgrade aging highways and railroads, finance more prekindergarten programs and enhanced job training. the white house said it would also enlarge the current income tax credit to cover 13.5 million low aren't workers without children, expand the childcare tax credit for some parents, and make it easier for workers to contribute to individual...
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the severe drought in that state is far from over, the rain at least is a down payment on a severe deficit. the storm brought heavy surf, including a huge wave that crashed into a restaurant in santa barbara yesterday morning. to the south, residents were cleaning up today from flooding and mudflows in the los angeles area. that dropped anywhere from a couple of ifnches to almost a foot of rain on the state. >>> when "nbc nightly news" continues on this sunday, was it murder, or was it an accident? the trial of former olympian oscar pistorius gets under way in south africa. >>> and later, a royal road trip. the first for britain's newest little prince. >>> he is one of his country's greatest athletes, a symbol of triumph over adversity that carried oscar pistorius with his artificial legs all the way to the olympics two summers ago, representing south africa. but tomorrow he faces what perhaps will be his greatest challenge as he goes on trial, charged with murdering his girlfriend. our report tonight from nbc's ayman mohyeldin in pretoria. >> reporter: it's being called south africa's atr
the severe drought in that state is far from over, the rain at least is a down payment on a severe deficit. the storm brought heavy surf, including a huge wave that crashed into a restaurant in santa barbara yesterday morning. to the south, residents were cleaning up today from flooding and mudflows in the los angeles area. that dropped anywhere from a couple of ifnches to almost a foot of rain on the state. >>> when "nbc nightly news" continues on this sunday, was it murder,...
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right away there is a deficit, no. >> no the president is not the one doing that there is somebody at a cabinet level who doing most of that work. i think we have seen. we have had secretaries of state, we had condoleezza rice. we had hillary clinton who have been able to interact with these people. >> let me throw this at you because i know this is going to happen. say hillary clinton, and she is the only woman in play right now is elected. you know the chinese are going to test her right away. they are going to move warships into certain areas and they are going to bing bing bing. let's see what we have here. they did the same thing with barack obama. they tested. they tested. they tested. all right, to see what he has barack obama dropped drones on him and i think hillary clinton absolutely would drop drones on them. i think she would probably up the drone drop knowing mrs. clinton. putin is going to do it. chinese going to do it. certainly north korea is going to do it. they will snatch okay americans. they will kidnap them. he they will do all of that just to see how it goes, kat
right away there is a deficit, no. >> no the president is not the one doing that there is somebody at a cabinet level who doing most of that work. i think we have seen. we have had secretaries of state, we had condoleezza rice. we had hillary clinton who have been able to interact with these people. >> let me throw this at you because i know this is going to happen. say hillary clinton, and she is the only woman in play right now is elected. you know the chinese are going to test...
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we are reducing the budget deficit through the aca. i know our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are very careful about budget issues. good, they should be. well health care costs are declining and declining significantly. some of that is due to the recession but almost every expert says much of that is due to the aca. national health care expenditures for instance in 2012 grew by 3.7%, meaning that the growth from 2009 to 2012 was the slowest since government collected information and that was in the 60s. the percentage of health care spending for the first time, the percentage of gdp actually shrunk from 17.3 to 17.2. at the same time the solvency of medicare's hospital insurance fund decreased and costs cut. so this is great news. the bottom line, i know our colleagues on the other side of the aisle think they hit political gold when they attacked the aca and called for its appeal but the american people don't want repeal and secondly as we move on in time the positives of the aca will become more apparent. the negatives tha
we are reducing the budget deficit through the aca. i know our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are very careful about budget issues. good, they should be. well health care costs are declining and declining significantly. some of that is due to the recession but almost every expert says much of that is due to the aca. national health care expenditures for instance in 2012 grew by 3.7%, meaning that the growth from 2009 to 2012 was the slowest since government collected information and...
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in other words, the tax will go not to reduce the deficit or debt and it will be less lending. why would we be doing that? it makes no sense. spoke with a hunt representative and i want to get your take. to 25, and you are right, 99% of taxpayers will be at 25% or less. 99% and a when i was in school. what we do that is have trade-offs. >> back to the one percent argument. does this thing stand a snowballs chance in hell passing? >> for the bank tax, i hope not, cost -- because you will have less lending. the panel that i was on, and simpson bowles, better known to the general public, we all recommended dramatic reduction rates and elimination of most exemptions, deductions, and credits. that is the only way you solve the problem. if you go at it piecemeal, whether a bank tax on mortgage interest eduction, you never get it resolved. the reality is you want to balance the budget and get the debt in line with where it ought to be. you are going to have to do very dramatic things. i am glad that conversation is starting. you are known as one of the most courageous talkers in the m
in other words, the tax will go not to reduce the deficit or debt and it will be less lending. why would we be doing that? it makes no sense. spoke with a hunt representative and i want to get your take. to 25, and you are right, 99% of taxpayers will be at 25% or less. 99% and a when i was in school. what we do that is have trade-offs. >> back to the one percent argument. does this thing stand a snowballs chance in hell passing? >> for the bank tax, i hope not, cost -- because you...
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here we see a budget deficit falling sharply. i'll pick on the cbo since everybody picks on the cbo. i thought their receipt estimates for next two or three years were a little stingy, but no matter how you slice it the deficit as percentage of gdp is headed below 3% in the next year or two. you see all this good news. yet no one in this city wants to acknowledge it or take credit for it. it is damnest thing i ever have seen. let me fin wish a comment on three sources in this city that seem unwilling to acknowledge the fact that things have gotten better. you have to ask the question, could this be a self-fulfilling prophecy? first and foremost, not surprisingly is the media. i have some friend here in the press but media feels you can sell more newspapers and get better ratings when you talk about the negative. during the holidays, my blood pressure spiked about 20 points. i saw two stories talking about the recession as if it were still underway. well, for christ's sake the recession ended in june of 09 yet you still hear in th
here we see a budget deficit falling sharply. i'll pick on the cbo since everybody picks on the cbo. i thought their receipt estimates for next two or three years were a little stingy, but no matter how you slice it the deficit as percentage of gdp is headed below 3% in the next year or two. you see all this good news. yet no one in this city wants to acknowledge it or take credit for it. it is damnest thing i ever have seen. let me fin wish a comment on three sources in this city that seem...
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forex is a negative so we expect the lira, the current deficit is an issue in turkey and we expect the currency to remain weak so we have to consider that when making investment proposals, we have to assume a little bit of, not a currency strengthening anyway, probably weakening if anything and brazil is a problem for currency from that point of view and equally as a sterling uk investor we find the dollar quite cheap so we find u.s. assets quite interesting at the moment. what goes around comes around i guess. >> reporter: thank you very much for joining us. julia, that is from here. we'll be back in an hour with another interview. for now pack over to you. >> thank you, great to chat to you. >>> the bitcoin exchange mt. gox received a subpoena from prosecutors in new york, asked the company to preserve certain documents. ceo mark capellas issued a statement saying the business is at a turning point. japanese authorities are looking into the matter but don't have jurisdiction after the mt. gox website went down. >>> still to come, the british economy returns to focus as investors awai
forex is a negative so we expect the lira, the current deficit is an issue in turkey and we expect the currency to remain weak so we have to consider that when making investment proposals, we have to assume a little bit of, not a currency strengthening anyway, probably weakening if anything and brazil is a problem for currency from that point of view and equally as a sterling uk investor we find the dollar quite cheap so we find u.s. assets quite interesting at the moment. what goes around...
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everything that we vote on, annually as a congress, eliminate all that, we would still be running a deficit of a half trillion dollars a year. the real problem, the, i was going to say elephant, but i'm saying the big animal in the room, gorilla in the room that, that everybody's avoiding is the mandatory spending. and unless we address that, we're just going to keep digging ourselves further and further in the hole. and that is the real problem. and we're trying to, like i say, solve it on the backs of our military. can't be done. >> excuse me. what are your priorities for marking up the fiscal year 2015 defense authorization bill? >> getting it done by october 1st. that is by main, and you're going to hear, that is all i'm going to be talking about between here and october because i'm really concerned. i brought that up in the meeting with the big eight and secretary and general dempsey. it is incumbent upon us to get that done. last year we got the defense authorization bill done on the last day the senate was in session. or we would have missed it. now we have passed that bill every yea
everything that we vote on, annually as a congress, eliminate all that, we would still be running a deficit of a half trillion dollars a year. the real problem, the, i was going to say elephant, but i'm saying the big animal in the room, gorilla in the room that, that everybody's avoiding is the mandatory spending. and unless we address that, we're just going to keep digging ourselves further and further in the hole. and that is the real problem. and we're trying to, like i say, solve it on the...
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how do i differentiate as i look the key issue for me is who is dealing with a budget deficit or who is not raising interest rates. what is the critical issue for you? willdonesia for example mark itself out as different from the others. elsewhere,ine and don't be too concentrated in emerging markets. political risk is large and it is not very well-predicted by investors. do be well diversified. take some overweight and underweight positions. we tend to be overweight the small countries and underweight the largest ones. underweight the brics historically. that can be difficult when china is on a strong rally. good stead over the long term. >> what is going on in china? i come in everyday, we have the yuan on the move, we are trying to lure him the currency? there is something very interesting in the past couple of weeks in china. >> they have to squeeze the excess is out of the system and it is going to be painful. we talked about volatility earlier. we can expect that to spike up later in the year. there is going to be some headline news out of china as this credit excess is squeeze
how do i differentiate as i look the key issue for me is who is dealing with a budget deficit or who is not raising interest rates. what is the critical issue for you? willdonesia for example mark itself out as different from the others. elsewhere,ine and don't be too concentrated in emerging markets. political risk is large and it is not very well-predicted by investors. do be well diversified. take some overweight and underweight positions. we tend to be overweight the small countries and...
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everything that we vote on annually as a congress, eliminate all of that, we would still be running a deficit of half of one dollar trillion each year. room,e elephant in the the big animal in the room, the gorilla in the room that everyone is avoiding is a mandatory spending. , we will address that keep digging ourselves further and further in the hole. that is the real problem and we are trying to, like i say, solve it. on the backs of the military. that can't be done. guest: you are going to hear that a lot. we are solving our problems on the back of the military. he is right, discretionary spending is a small piece of this at the end of the day, but in the broader picture there has across themade federal budget. this is a big piece of discretionary spending. i think it is about half of what we spend on discretionary spending. it is a big piece of the pie to look at. we are in a time of change for the military. this is a time when we can reevaluate put the military should be doing and how much should be spending in this nation's history. active military outside of los angeles, california,
everything that we vote on annually as a congress, eliminate all of that, we would still be running a deficit of half of one dollar trillion each year. room,e elephant in the the big animal in the room, the gorilla in the room that everyone is avoiding is a mandatory spending. , we will address that keep digging ourselves further and further in the hole. that is the real problem and we are trying to, like i say, solve it. on the backs of the military. that can't be done. guest: you are going to...
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including bipolar disorder and attention deficit issues. the greatest risk was seen in fathers 45 and older. >>> health advocates are pushing the fdaed to stop a powerful painkiller from going to the market. it's called zohydro. it's five to ten times more potent than a similar pill, vicodin. the fda approved it last fall. it goes on the market next month but critics are urging the fda to reconsider because the drug is so potent and potentially addictive. >>> get ready for a change you see on the labels in the market. the obama administration will announce new rules which have bigger and easier to read calorie numbers. serving sizes that reflect reality and separate sugar listings. other listings will be simplified and easier to understand. 12478 >>> president obama asking congress for $300 billion for infrastructure projects. he made this announcement at a train and bus station that was just refurbished. an example of what is possible, he said. transit is expected to run out of money later this year. mr. obama says these projects 49 provid
including bipolar disorder and attention deficit issues. the greatest risk was seen in fathers 45 and older. >>> health advocates are pushing the fdaed to stop a powerful painkiller from going to the market. it's called zohydro. it's five to ten times more potent than a similar pill, vicodin. the fda approved it last fall. it goes on the market next month but critics are urging the fda to reconsider because the drug is so potent and potentially addictive. >>> get ready for a...
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we've cut a lot of money, in part, due to the sequester, and it's led to lowering and lowering the deficit. if you put that in the context of what the budget proposal suggests, it's only a modest increase in spend, talking about 56 billion, like you mentioned, split between defense, nondefense, and it's paid for. we established that the budget agreed to by patty murray and paul ryan, those spending levels stay in place, and you'll use a few other tax hike is to par for $56 billion to relieve s sequestrati sequestration. we have a piece coming up that shows nih will be funded at 30.2 billion. that, in real term money, equivalent to the level that george w. bush funded nih in 2002. we're not making people whole. we're lagging pretty badly. but as if you were to look at what republicans are saying, this is the most reckless spending possible. >> sam, on that note, the president say, our budge it is about choices, about values and this is expected to go nowhere, it's a moral document in the most sort of clear fashion from the white house. at the same time, you know, the president puts this out
we've cut a lot of money, in part, due to the sequester, and it's led to lowering and lowering the deficit. if you put that in the context of what the budget proposal suggests, it's only a modest increase in spend, talking about 56 billion, like you mentioned, split between defense, nondefense, and it's paid for. we established that the budget agreed to by patty murray and paul ryan, those spending levels stay in place, and you'll use a few other tax hike is to par for $56 billion to relieve s...
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things india has been working on the largest deficit is one that is pretty sudden. they will behind going with the smaller parties and it is like a game of cricket. but they really want to see is to find the stable location that will bring in certainty and bring it back to the table. we will see that by the 16th of may. the upcomingout indian elections. >> when we come back, we will hear more about microsoft and the somebody who knows a thing or two about it. stay with us here on "countdown." ♪ >> welcome back to "countdown." microsoft former chief executive steve ballmer speaking one month after leaving the tech giant and bloomberg was there. for more, let's bring in caroline hyde with the details on what was a fascinating evening. >> wait for it. wait for it. there, on the bottom right. >> bloomberg presents the oxford union debate. with bloomberge having this relationship with the oxford union and he was fascinating. this is the first time he was x ceo. speak as the he is still on the board and one of the bigger shareholders but no longer running a. he spoke ve
things india has been working on the largest deficit is one that is pretty sudden. they will behind going with the smaller parties and it is like a game of cricket. but they really want to see is to find the stable location that will bring in certainty and bring it back to the table. we will see that by the 16th of may. the upcomingout indian elections. >> when we come back, we will hear more about microsoft and the somebody who knows a thing or two about it. stay with us here on...
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brown turned a $25 billion deficit in 2011 into a surplus this year. his approval rating is at an all-time high at 58%. the state's open primary is in june. >>> and on the cover of "people" magazine, paula deen is opening up about her career-shattering scandal last summer. and in the interview, she said, quote, i feel like embattled or disgraced will always follow my name. it's like that black football player who recently came out. he said i just want to be known as a football player. i don't want to be known as a gay football player. i know exactly what he's saying. deen is referring to nfl prospect michael sam. she recently -- i just don't think this works. i think maybe she ought to try something else, joe, what do you think? i'm wondering if perhaps she might want to just stay away from talking? >> i think she really should. it's like that -- >> -- the talking then is not working for her. >> it's not. >> it's like that black football player -- >> black football player as opposed to one of the white football -- it's like that black -- >> and she sta
brown turned a $25 billion deficit in 2011 into a surplus this year. his approval rating is at an all-time high at 58%. the state's open primary is in june. >>> and on the cover of "people" magazine, paula deen is opening up about her career-shattering scandal last summer. and in the interview, she said, quote, i feel like embattled or disgraced will always follow my name. it's like that black football player who recently came out. he said i just want to be known as a...
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you've used it to reduce the deficit. are you going to do that again in your budget in light of all of the attacks that have come onto medicare advantage cuts? >> sure, a couple of things. chain cpi was the president's idea. we never included that. we thought there were better ways to go. it was never a policy we were enamored with. medicare advantage, we have put things in our budget to address the medicare problem. reserve funds to fix medicare advantage, and we've put some of that money from the medicare cuts that pay for obamacare back into the advantage care system. we've always believed in doing that. you take two years toth, and it's a double-digit cut to medicare advantage, which means high premiums for those folks, or just loss of benefits, or we're worried about withdrawing from communities. so i do believe you need to -- you need to fix the medicare advantage problem. and we have proposed that in the past budgets. so you'll see us address that in our budget like we have each of the last few years. the thing tha
you've used it to reduce the deficit. are you going to do that again in your budget in light of all of the attacks that have come onto medicare advantage cuts? >> sure, a couple of things. chain cpi was the president's idea. we never included that. we thought there were better ways to go. it was never a policy we were enamored with. medicare advantage, we have put things in our budget to address the medicare problem. reserve funds to fix medicare advantage, and we've put some of that...
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then also because of the high level of inflation, imbalances you have because of the current account deficits, you need to keep monitoring fiscal policy quite tight. you have to be a lot deeper into the upcoming fiscal year before you see contraction growth and that has to come on the back of implementation of projects, some of the economic reform issues that have been announced since may 2012. >> so i guess may is the key if we're looking for measures like this to be introduced. do you think that's going to be a turning point for the country? >> well, i think there's a few questions about will the government get enough of the mandate and therefore be able to, on the back of that, implement policies, but that remain toes be seen. so it might not be easy for some of the incumbent parties to necessarily muster the vote they need to have. but it's true, post elections, you know, in principal we should be more a possibility to get more on the petition side of these policies, let preoccupation with elections nearing, if you will. the kick start of the investment cycle, all of that cannot be turned
then also because of the high level of inflation, imbalances you have because of the current account deficits, you need to keep monitoring fiscal policy quite tight. you have to be a lot deeper into the upcoming fiscal year before you see contraction growth and that has to come on the back of implementation of projects, some of the economic reform issues that have been announced since may 2012. >> so i guess may is the key if we're looking for measures like this to be introduced. do you...
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we're looking at having a deficit this year of like roughly 3% of gdp. a couple of years ago it was 10% plus. everybody thought we would never get out of those deficits. things are not static. maybe even you two -- i never thought we'd be where we are today. things are not static. >> great point. >> very quickly, guys, the model i ran this morning, it may be a double digit number, the model that i ran. which is not the most reliable number out there. the one i ran is a double digit. >> high double digits. >> how did the market react to that? double digit gains. a double digit number, not even 100,000 on the jobs report tomorrow. >> less than 100,000? >> yes. >> i think the mark set expecting probably less than 100,000, expecting high double digits versus low double digits. >> rick, what's up? >> i'd like you to ask our guest, i didn't find his explanation for the lack of productivity very good. i think if you don't get a good answer to it, you end up like japan. some of the new research i see, everybody trying to explain the 25 years of malaise, it reall
we're looking at having a deficit this year of like roughly 3% of gdp. a couple of years ago it was 10% plus. everybody thought we would never get out of those deficits. things are not static. maybe even you two -- i never thought we'd be where we are today. things are not static. >> great point. >> very quickly, guys, the model i ran this morning, it may be a double digit number, the model that i ran. which is not the most reliable number out there. the one i ran is a double digit....
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the cowboys overcoming a deficit, shooting 64% from the field. the finals 72-65 osu. virginia continues to be one of the surprise teams. they beet syracuse outscoring the orange. celebrating an amazing season on senior day in charles otsville. the cavaliers had the first out right a.c.c. title in 33 years. the orange dropped three of their last four. >> on the links, tiger woods is trying to make noise after barely making the cut at the honda classic. woods beginning the third round it 11 shots behind rory mcilroy. china charged up the board, posting seven birdies. woods jumped 49 spots. seven behind the leader entering the final round. >> finally tempers flare in the english premier league. the manager, al-alan pardew ped butting david meyler. he wassest jected and -- he was ejected and finned $168,000. >> sydney's gay and lesbian community celebrated the mardi grass parade. more than 10,000 watched the spectacle. the australian navy band marched alongside secondly clad dancers. [ ♪ music ] >> crowds filled the streets of rio de janeiro for its mardi gras parties.
the cowboys overcoming a deficit, shooting 64% from the field. the finals 72-65 osu. virginia continues to be one of the surprise teams. they beet syracuse outscoring the orange. celebrating an amazing season on senior day in charles otsville. the cavaliers had the first out right a.c.c. title in 33 years. the orange dropped three of their last four. >> on the links, tiger woods is trying to make noise after barely making the cut at the honda classic. woods beginning the third round it 11...
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some would increase the deficit. others would not. and so if we can find a way to do it where we don't increase the deficit, and i think the president will have proposals on the table to do that, that may be an area of common ground. >> ukraine, a lot going on there. are you the only person in congress born in karachi? >> no doubt about it. i'm the one american karachi caucus. >> a long line of public service in your family to state and stuff like that. can you help us? what are we supposed to be doing here with the ukraine? >> with ukraine. >> everyone knows that's important territory in the heart of europe. i think right now, we need to be working very closely. with our european allies to identify right away a whole menu of economic sanctions that we would apply in the event that the russians don't move their troops out of crimea. they can, of course, garrison on their base but they need to evacuate other parts of the crimea. we would have that in place. at the same time, we need to be working with the new government in kiev to make
some would increase the deficit. others would not. and so if we can find a way to do it where we don't increase the deficit, and i think the president will have proposals on the table to do that, that may be an area of common ground. >> ukraine, a lot going on there. are you the only person in congress born in karachi? >> no doubt about it. i'm the one american karachi caucus. >> a long line of public service in your family to state and stuff like that. can you help us? what...
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the country has a massive deficit. we need the money. so why should the country continue to subsidize the most profitable industry, rather. this this is according to sage works. oil and gas, the energy industry, most profitable. >> well, alex, and i would ask, you know, why should they subsidize the oil industry. and the fact is, they don't. percentage depletion is not a subsidy. it's not a loophole. and that's the thing that's perplexing to me. why, if it's not broken, don't fix it. i would challenge those who would say that to take a look at percentage depletion. it's not a subsidy. it's not a loophole. so i would agree with them on that point. >> okay. back to the politics of all this. this is the latest in a string of policies that have fractured the gop. who is in charge of the party? >> well, i think any time a majority party is outside of the white house, and you could have said the same thing during the bush years with the democrats. you know, there's just a lot of discussion, a lot of chatter out there. if you're in the minority
the country has a massive deficit. we need the money. so why should the country continue to subsidize the most profitable industry, rather. this this is according to sage works. oil and gas, the energy industry, most profitable. >> well, alex, and i would ask, you know, why should they subsidize the oil industry. and the fact is, they don't. percentage depletion is not a subsidy. it's not a loophole. and that's the thing that's perplexing to me. why, if it's not broken, don't fix it. i...
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it was about $11 billion in deficit this year. the new government in kiev said the country is going to need about $35 billion over the next two years just to survive. the i.m.s. is working on a plan along with the european union and united states, saying they're going to try and help but can't do anything until there is a government in place because an official government hahas to those kind of requests and the e.u. and i.m.f. can't negotiate with anything other than official governments. they need a prim minister, a cabinet and that's all underway. it's supposed to be in place by thursday but still a long road ahead for ukraine. >> all right, jennifer glasse in ukraine, thank you very much. in our next hour, we will be taking a closer look at ukraine's former prime minister and her role in shape that go countries future. these are live images coming out of parliament in ukraine and as you can see, the tensions there still exist. also viktor yanukovych still a man on the run. >> the u.s. state department is expelling three venezue
it was about $11 billion in deficit this year. the new government in kiev said the country is going to need about $35 billion over the next two years just to survive. the i.m.s. is working on a plan along with the european union and united states, saying they're going to try and help but can't do anything until there is a government in place because an official government hahas to those kind of requests and the e.u. and i.m.f. can't negotiate with anything other than official governments. they...
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came out concluded if you passed obamacare, you were going to save money and was going to help the deficit. i don't even know where they came up with those numbers. then the president had 29 different waivers since that time. so changes in the law. now we know how horrendous the rollout was. now we hear 4 million. the president said it at least five times in the cut we saw. 4 million people have signed up. how many have gone through fulfillment and registered for the program? that's another question. now they expect us to believe that kathleen sebelius never said 7 million. good thing eric has a vcr. >> i think success looks like at least 7 million people having signed up by the end of march 2014. >> yes, that was from my vcr. >> thank you. >> but that's the crazy part. they keep saying things. you know, you're going to save $2500 per family. turns out it's going to cost you $2500 more. you can keep your doctor. you can't keep your doctor. they keep saying things and then months later saying, oh, we never said that. good thing we have those vcrs and tapes and our little editors back there
came out concluded if you passed obamacare, you were going to save money and was going to help the deficit. i don't even know where they came up with those numbers. then the president had 29 different waivers since that time. so changes in the law. now we know how horrendous the rollout was. now we hear 4 million. the president said it at least five times in the cut we saw. 4 million people have signed up. how many have gone through fulfillment and registered for the program? that's another...
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to consume, but we don't have enough import to fund our consumption or enough saving to support our deficit. what are we going to do if china changes and we don't. >> but i gather that you think they're on the ascendency and we are clearly on the decline. that is the -- i will say, that was my takeaway. >> they are rebalancing their model to keep the growth and development story going and that will certainly take them to a larger scale of their economy than ours, at some point in the next five to ten years. >> gdp. >> their per capta gdp, joe, is going to be increasing, but at a much slower pace. for a long time. >> multiplied out and that's why it's bigger. >> for a long time. are we on the decline? that's the big debate in america. we continue to undersave, underinvest in people, infrastructure, and capacity. and if we don't get that together, then their ascendency will coincide with our decline. >> we've had periods like this before. >> yeah. >> i mean, you're optimistic we get it together or do you think we're the roman empire? >> no, look, i hope we get it together. what i don't see is
to consume, but we don't have enough import to fund our consumption or enough saving to support our deficit. what are we going to do if china changes and we don't. >> but i gather that you think they're on the ascendency and we are clearly on the decline. that is the -- i will say, that was my takeaway. >> they are rebalancing their model to keep the growth and development story going and that will certainly take them to a larger scale of their economy than ours, at some point in...
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financial prudence dictates we reduce our deficits by not spending the money at all. if we must spend it and must choose between africa or america, mr. speaker, i choose spending it in america. america spends more than $40 billion a year on foreign aid, money we do not have, borrow to get and cannot afford to pay back. mr. speaker, if financial irresponsibility and economic insanity have a home, rest assured they live in washington, d.c. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, two months ago emergency unemployment benefits expired for over one million americans, including 20,000 veterans and yet this house has not taken up legislation to provide these workers and families with necessary relief. mr. tierney: i rise to ask immediate action on the unemployment compensation act which pro
financial prudence dictates we reduce our deficits by not spending the money at all. if we must spend it and must choose between africa or america, mr. speaker, i choose spending it in america. america spends more than $40 billion a year on foreign aid, money we do not have, borrow to get and cannot afford to pay back. mr. speaker, if financial irresponsibility and economic insanity have a home, rest assured they live in washington, d.c. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the...
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thread forneedles to the trusted deficits. president obama has demonstrated an want to be a partner for peace. he is committed to trying to end the conflict and all of his claims. that? can do let's be candid. some of you doubt it. as it israelis security officials will a test, -- abbas has been against the violence. many hours spent with president abbas. i believe he clearly understands both the tremendous benefit of peace and the great costs of failure. he understands that in terms of his own people, his own grandchildren, the country he hopes to be able to lead, and in terms of the history that be leakers -- beleaguers all. he know the people what never have the self-determination without ending the conflict in a solution that delivers two states for two peoples. and so this prime minister when he looks me in the eye and said i cannot accept a deal with the palestinians that does not make the people of israel safer. we agree 100%. [applause] but i argue, there is a distinction between a unilateral withdrawal from lebanon wh
thread forneedles to the trusted deficits. president obama has demonstrated an want to be a partner for peace. he is committed to trying to end the conflict and all of his claims. that? can do let's be candid. some of you doubt it. as it israelis security officials will a test, -- abbas has been against the violence. many hours spent with president abbas. i believe he clearly understands both the tremendous benefit of peace and the great costs of failure. he understands that in terms of his own...